The Milwaukee Admirals have announced that they have signed forward Stephen Perfetto to a one-year AHL contract for the 2017-18 season. Perfetto joined the Admirals late last season from the Alaska Aces on a professional try-out contract. He joins Derek Army in being bumped up from PTO signee out of the ECHL in 2016-17 with the Admirals to full-time for the coming season.
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These past two days have been really joyous ones for the Nashville Predators organization. On Monday, Frédérick Gaudreau signed a three-year contract. And, yesterday, Pontus Åberg signed a two-year contract. Similar to the likes of Austin Watson & Colton Sissons before them it displays a great strength in the developmental process with reward for all the hard work spent with the Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL before being counted upon for an NHL role.
It didn’t exactly dawn on me until late yesterday evening though just what the ramifications of both signings signals as far as Vladislav Kamenev is concerned. For a nice change, the Predators forward depth up top is becoming solidified with quality options and with a bit of years attached to their contracts. As much as any player would like to break into the NHL as fast as humanly possible the importance of being a polished and prepared product when you arrive is something the Predators have been specializing in these last many seasons. The proof of it’s effectiveness can be displayed through the run to the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Finals and it isn’t something that needs to be adjusted.
It’s that sort of thinking that means a soon to be 21-year old Kamenev, about to embark on his third professional playing season in North America, is in a good place right where he is for the moment.
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The Nashville Predators have officially signed Pontus Åberg to a new two-year contract that will keep the Swede through to 2019. The terms of the deal will have him earning $650,000 per season in both the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons and is a one-way NHL contract.
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Today is Marek Mazanec‘s Birthday. And, with that, it is worth remembering and reflecting upon what the now 26-year old Czech netminder provided: stability. The 2017-18 season will be the first season since 2012-13 when the Milwaukee Admirals will not have had Mazanec between the pipes for them. In that four-year tenure playing in the AHL he was debatably one of the Admirals best goaltenders during the AHL era having played 165 games, earned 82 wins and 11 shutouts, provided a 2.59 goals against average and 0.909 save percentage, and even managed to tally 11 assists.
It was year-to-year stability with a goaltender that wouldn’t be that much of a question mark if tabbed as the third choice option for the Nashville Predators. At this moment, the organization is heading into a short span where having that is going to be a gamble contested on the free agent market and the 2017-18 season marks Year 1 of this window in Milwaukee.
The Nashville Predators have officially announced that they have signed Frédérick Gaudreau to a new three-year contract. The details of the contract are such that the first two-years of the deal are on a two-way contract before bumping up to a one-way NHL contract for the 2019-20 season. He will make $650,000 (NHL) and $70,000 (AHL) from the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons before earning $700,000 once the deal becomes a one-way NHL contract.
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At the end of an AHL season the arrival of young talents from the college and major junior hockey scene is commonplace. They don’t all have to be players that were drafted by NHL parent clubs and signed to entry level contracts. Several undrafted players generally turn up to make their first big impression on the professional ranks to make a statement heading towards that rookie season as a pro. The aim isn’t purely what’s performed on the ice on gameday, either. It is a great chance to experience what it means to be a professional hockey player away from the rink and see what it takes on a day-to-day basis to maintain a lengthy career.
When Tyler Moy arrived to the Milwaukee he did so the day he signed his entry level contract with the Nashville Predators on 10 April, 2017. He showed up to an empty hotel room and embarked on his practice with the Milwaukee Admirals the following day. The day after that? Moy made his professional playing debut and tallied an assist in a 2-1 victory for the Admirals on the road against the Rockford IceHogs. Following the debut, two-days later, Moy had two more assists in a 6-2 victory on his debut at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena which was also played against the IceHogs and then notched the first goal of his professional career the very next day. That goal would come in a 5-1 loss to the Grand Rapids Griffins and, sadly, his two games played during the 2017 AHL Calder Cup Playoffs were also in losing efforts to those exact same Griffins.
So, what about Moy’s experience at the end of the 2016-17 season was so unique compared to many of the others who were making that same step into the professional ranks? Homework. He was still doing homework so that he could graduate from Harvard University on schedule.
The Milwaukee Admirals have announced that Derek Army will be returning to the team for the 2017-18 season on a one-year AHL contract. Army had previously joined the Admirals from the Wheeling Nailers on a professional try-out contract during the 2016-17 season.
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The AHL has officially unveiled the 2017-18 schedule. The Milwaukee Admirals season will begin Saturday October 7th on the road against the Iowa Wild and their home opener will take place on Friday October 20th against the Hershey Bears.
It feels as though the first month and a half of the season is rather stretched out before the games really pack up against the Admirals. This season there are only three weekends of three-in-three hockey. In fact, the first three-in-three weekend doesn’t take place until mid-December. It’s rather nice seeing three-in-three’s slowly getting reduced in the AHL – at the very least – on the Admirals side of things. It isn’t entirely the case for some teams in the Eastern Conference.
Speaking of which, the Admirals will see a return of Eastern Conference opposition when they face-off against the Hershey Bears and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins this season. Both teams already have a nice history against the Admirals as both were opponents faced by the Admirals in their two Calder Cup Finals appearances: 2004 against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 2006 against Hershey.
The School Day Games will also be back. The Admirals will once again host two AM games this coming season with the first coming on Wednesday November 8th at 10:30 AM CST against the Chicago Wolves. The second of the two School Day Games will take place on Wednesday March 7th at 10:30 AM CST against the Manitoba Moose.
To view the schedule in full you can always check our “Schedule” page on the website or you can view the 2017-18 schedule in full after the jump.
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Saturday was my last day in Nashville as I wanted to stay the extra day outside of the 2017 Nashville Predators Rookie Development Camp because the following day was the start of NHL Free Agency. My night ended with the news that the Nashville Predators had signed former Rockford IceHogs forward Pierre-Cédric Labrie. I then spent the entire Sunday driving back to Wisconsin and, in doing so, completely dropped the ball on this news: Mike Liambas was signed by the Anaheim Ducks on a one-year, two-way contract.
This ends Liambas’ second spell in the organization and comes after a season in which he made it to the Nashville Predators where he played his first career NHL game and was also named the PHPA’s Built Tough Award. Liambas played 213 career games with the Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL while also contributing 28 points (12 goals, 16 assists). His 648 career penalty minutes is second in Admirals’ AHL history to only Kelsey Wilson‘s 699 career penalty minutes. Liambas’ has also worn the “A” during his time in Milwaukee as voted by his teammates for his great leadership skills.
The AHL’s 2017-18 schedule has yet to officially drop but should the San Diego Gulls lock up against the Admirals this season it would not be Liambas’ first spell playing against his former team. Liambas signed with the Chicago Blackhawks on a one-year, two-way contract during the Summer of 2015 and played with the Rockford IceHogs. Liambas played in 6 games against the Admirals during the 2015-16 season, didn’t score a point, had 21 penalty minutes stemming mostly from 3 fighting majors, and a plus/minus rating of +1.
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After being drafted in the first round of the 2017 NHL Draft by the Nashville Predators there was plenty of speculation as to where Eeli Tolvanen was going to play next season. It was rumored enough times throughout last week and this morning was made official: Tolvanen will be returning to his native country of Finland to play for Jokerit in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on a one-year contract with an option for the 2018-19 season.
Tolvanen is a native of Vihti, Finland and started his rise through the hockey ranks as part of the Espoo Blues youth academy where he played up to the Under-20’s squad before deciding to embark to North America. The past two seasons the 18-year old has played for the Sioux City Musketeers of the United States Hockey League (USHL). During that time in the USHL he has produced 92 points (47 goals, 45 assists) in 101 games.
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